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Obligatory Cat Poem
 
 
[A]I left my cat in San Francisco
 with John, and his sister, Miss Doe;
 so when I tried "to stand and stare"
 I had to stop 'cos Sid weren't there.
 
Poor Sid, I swapped 'im for a gunto shoot some breakfast for me mum,
 but when the cornflakes wouldn't fight
 I shot their nest with great delight.
 
He said to me, once, as he flewthat cats with wings have dreadful glue
 which is why, when rain's not light,
 their wings de-feline in mid-flight.
 
 [B]This absence was acknowledgement
 of what I told me management:
 "this stuff, you know, can never pass;
 'tis sunlight shining from me arse".
 
 [C]In that chilly San Francisco
 I sold my cat to Alice, Miss Doe.
 Ten years later he's snuck back
 and now, again, dull words, I hack.
 
Something awful this way comesinspired by evolution's sums,
 biting love and biting cheer---
 you bet I'm drinking too much beer.
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